Renovate comparisons
Renovate is compared head-to-head with Updatecli, Depfu and StackRadar and more: 6 head-to-heads in Dependency Management Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Renovate head-to-head
- Renovate vs Updatecli
- Renovate vs Depfu
- Renovate vs StackRadar
- Renovate vs DepsHub
- Renovate vs ActiveState Platform
- Renovate vs Kusari
Renovate vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Ecosystem coverage | Update automation | Vulnerability alerts | License compliance | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renovate | Yes | Multi-language and containers | Automatic merging | Yes | 9.4 | ||
| 3 | Updatecli | Yes | Free | Multi-language and containers | Automatic merging | 8.8 | ||
| 4 | Depfu | Yes | $29/mo | Multi-language | Automatic merging | Yes | 8.6 | |
| 5 | StackRadar | No | €20/mo | Multi-language | Automatic merging | Yes | Yes | 8.4 |
| 6 | DepsHub | Yes | $19/user/mo | Multi-language and containers | Pull requests | Yes | Yes | 8.3 |
| 7 | ActiveState Platform | Yes | Multi-language and containers | Alerts only | Yes | Yes | 8.1 | |
| 8 | Kusari | Yes | $25/user/mo | Multi-language and containers | Pull requests | Yes | Yes | 8.0 |
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